Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

my mind is going NUTS thinking of how this will all play out!

we already have some really awful shit that goes down here, like those weird 12-person bikes that people drive around town while drinking beer. Also.. this thing

http://www.fischline.com/images/2011/MemorialDay/06BanjoBilly

like, this shit isn't my jam AT ALL. And I live down the street from the city's most popular brew pub hippy bars. oh dear.

john denver otm

WA was medical only (no decrim). doctors letters (a joke) and dispensaries. lots in seattle. allowed to grow up to 45 plants. weirder scene in more conservative eastern wa, county by county city by city rules. previously! gonna puff one on the front porch instead of the back, basically

it's been clear for awhile, but i think even more crystalized tonight, that we're heading in the direction of broad legalization of marijuana (medical + otherwise) in the near future. i think obama would be smart to start to embrace it, even passively - go back to not enforcing federal laws on state decisions. his opinion could be "evolving," like re gay marriage.

according to an article about the WA law They could buy up to an ounce of dried marijuana; one pound of marijuana-infused product in solid form, such as brownies; or 72 ounces of marijuana-infused liquids.. hahaha what?

lol at the liquids. an ounce is not a small amount though. like PA law capping single beer bottle purchases at 12. tedious but hardly draconian.

yeah, an oz is not small at all. and really when it gets to that level of legalization who cares how much somebody possesses? But yeah, an oz of bud vs. a pound of hash is pretty lol.

but wait, seriously in PA you can't buy more than 12 beers at a time!?

WA is 56% / 44% right now.

"One ounce of marijuana will be legal as of Dec. 6, and the state will begin a year-long process of creating a closed, tightly regulated and heavily taxed market for recreational marijuana sales at state-licensed retail shops."

I seriously have no idea what will come of this, it is kind of insane to think about. I live in a town that's approximately 60% college kids and is surrounded for hundreds of miles by incredibly fertile farmland so shit could get kind of crazy.

previously w/my mmj letter in WA i could carry upto 24oz, which i always thought was insane
an oz is much more sensible. wonder how many times you can shop in a day

ready to throw in my app for the state board of weed regulation

but wait, seriously in PA you can't buy more than 12 beers at a time!?

you can buy by the case at a beer depot but a local bar opened up a shop to sell singles and they cap it at 12 beers at a time.

hahaha, 24 oz? wow. A qualifying patient and designated provider may possess a total of no more than twenty-four ounces of usable marijuana, and no more than fifteen plants. This quantity became the state's official "60-day supply" I can't comprehend smoking almost a half ounce every day.

stay tuned to this thread for Aero and Mordy's Epic Colorado Vacation

and wk you could have 2 other peoples' letters on hand for up to 45 plants. at an ounce and a half each every 12 weeks and jesus christ do the math unless you're too high

this WA law is way more complicated than the CO one

ready to throw in my app for the state board of weed regulation

Software for pot dispensary management will be a, er, growth market.

srsly the only reason i thought at all about voting "no" on 64 is drug tourism. oth come on by, hippie johnies.

i wanna move to a weed state

http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/1b794eee288611e2822f22000a9f09ca_7.jpg

Everyone thinks the feds will intervene on this one. Anyone have any opinions? I am hoping O will just let it be. I am excited about how this will help CO's economy.

i wanna move to a weed state

― am0n, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:42 AM Bookmark Flag PostPermalink

i'm already planning a weekend trip to CO for skiing and weeding

well is anything it forces them to address the issue somewhat head on for the first time. and they see that the state does not fall apart with stoner zombies running around in the streets robbing and murdering for their fix.

Thank you, CO and WA for throwing this in the teeth of the feds and the DEA! The road to ending marijuana prohibition is still going to be long and rocky, but this was a long step toward demonstrating that voters are ready for a different, more sensible approach. The feds will surely intervene, because no doing so effectively concedes total loss of control over the issue and they aren't ready for that step.

OR's initiative was wretchedly written, but I voted for it anyway, as did approx 45% of OR voters. That is a respectable number and adds further impetus behind legalization/regulation/taxation, but politicians worship majorities, not respectable losses.

skiing and weeding

― Mordy, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:56 AM

yes

skweeding

would love to hear the conversations right now in dorm rooms nationwide: dude, i am soooo moving to colorado and i'm gonna have a house made out of weed and a car made out of weed and a dog made out of weed and i'm going to ski down mountains of weed on skis made out of weed!

Love how CNN used a green color scheme for their weed initiative infographics

i work in the CO tourism industry and i voted yes for this -- but gotta say, my boss was not into the idea of weed tourism at all, basically saying we'd lose a ton of convention business because of it. is that true? i dunno, he might just be mistake about how much people care about it.

Your boss prob thinking about droves of dirty hippies lounging around every park and street corner, passing around fatties in a haze and panhandling every passerby.

that's pretty much the way it is now, so ...

yeah hippies LOOOOVE to hang out by convention centers

[jk]

i'm moving to an (rx) weed state next month. and I have a legitimate health condition to qualify. not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

@SmokeyCloud
The elections biggest winner? Peyton Manning for buying 20 Papa Johns in Colorado a week before weed was voted legal.

xp pretty much! maybe not *any* doc, but it'd be easy to find one who would write you a prescrip.

is it seriously the case that in WA & CO you'll just be able to buy weed? it can't be, right - medical only, right?

do they charge a higher-than-normal fee for the rx? maybe they do only if it's a semi-shady doc and you don't really have a medical reason for it?

i'm moving to an (rx) weed state next month. and I have a legitimate health condition to qualify. not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, November 7, 2012

prob not just any doc but shouldn't be hard to find one w/ loose rx policies

Yeah it sounds like CO you can just buy weed now and there will soon be legal weed stores. ???

look for this in the window¿?

http://garyrobson.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/medical-marijuana1.jpg

my buddy wrote this story a few years back about his path to medicinal marijuana - http://www.westword.com/2009-09-10/news/medical-marijuana-is-a-pot-of-gold-for-dispensaries/
some kinda weird hoops to jump through but not a huge deal.

http://i.imgur.com/LBAPr.jpg

loool

god I wish I could smoke weed right now

except that's utah not colorado xp

i'd be curious to see if weed tourism actually becomes a lever against federal legalization

also this will be legitimately huge imo:

skiing and weeding

― Mordy, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:56 AM

yes

― am0n, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:08 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it is very easy to get weed in denver, not sure about elsewhere. there are dispensaries on every corner, every street. LIKE, WAY MORE THAN I WOULD EVER EXPECT. I think all you have to do is go in and complain of your ailment and shell out $100 and they'll give you a card. Then you have to register with a dispensary. You can't just walk into any of them.